Education
The younger brother of Presley Marion Rixey, John Franklin Rixey was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, and studied law at the University of Virginia.
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The younger brother of Presley Marion Rixey, John Franklin Rixey was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, and studied law at the University of Virginia.
He was elected to the 55th and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Washington, District of Columbia, February 8, 1907, before the close of the 59th Congress. He had been re-elected to the 60th Congress before his death. He is interred in Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper.